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Questions tagged [capstone]

A lightweight multi-platform, multi-architecture disassembly framework.

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Capstone in reverse mode

I am using capstone in python in order to dissassemble binary instructions. Is there a way to work in the reverse mode ? I mean typing some asm instructions and ask capstone (in python) to generate ...
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Capstone: What's the purpose of the 'address' argument in cs_disasm()?

I'm trying to play around with the Capstone Disassembler in C. In the documentation they show the following use of the cs_disasm() function: from here count = cs_disasm(handle, CODE, sizeof(CODE)-1, ...
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Operand address in Capstone disassembly is not the same as in IDA/HIEW

I'm trying to disassembly x64 executable (dll) using Capstone. But operand address returned by it doesn't match disassembly from IDA/HIEW. Here is the machine code: 0x48, 0x8D, 0x0D, 0xED, 0x44, ...
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Pointer disassembly

I'm using the Capstone engine to develop an ELF disassembler. I have implemented a linear sweep algorithm as the most basic version. My goal is to implement the recursive traversal now. Consider ...
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How to DUMP the full hexa of each function extracted by analysis of binary file?

I used a script python from radare2-bindings to write a code analysing a binary file, i extracted the name , the start address and the size of each function , but i can't dump the hexa of each ...
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capstone disasm framework - check if argument read/written

I cam using the capstone disassembly framework to disassemble intel x86 code. I need to find out which operands are read to or written from (or both). According to the website, this is possible by ...
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Limitations of capstone's disassembly capabilities compared to IDA

I was wondering if there are any limitations of capstone's disassembling capabilities when compared to IDA. If yes, are those limitations inherent, i.e. a result of the different design/techniques ...